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Federal Judge Dismisses Military Commissions Defendant's 8th Amendment Claim
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has dismissed claims from a military commissions defendant alleging that he has been denied satisfactory medical care at Gu... -
Congress on U.S. Policy Toward Syria and Turkey: An Overview of Recent Hearings
It has been almost three weeks since the president ordered the precipitous withdrawal of U.S. forces from northeast Syria. The move allowed the Turkish military and its proxies to swiftly invade the area... -
House Resolution on Impeachment Procedures
The House has released a resolution laying out rules and procedures moving forward with the impeachment inquiry. The resolution directs the Intelligence Committee, in addition to the Committees on Foreig... -
Livestream: House Foreign Affairs Hearing on Middle East Policy
On Oct. 29, the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and International Terrorism will hold a hearing titled “Examining the Administration’s Policy Objectives for a Turbulen... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, is testifying Tuesday before the three House committees handling the impeachment inquiry, reports the New York Times. -
The Lawfare Podcast: Phil Mudd on CIA and Enhanced Interrogations
Philip Mudd is currently a counterterrorism and national security analyst with CNN, but before that, Mudd spent 25 years working at the Central Intelligence Agency, on the NSC staff, and eventually at th... -
What Do Scholars Say About the Impeachment Power?
Then-Rep. Gerald Ford once defined an impeachable offense as “whatever a majority of the House of Representatives considers it to be at a given moment in history.” But legal scholars have concluded that ... -
Class Actions and Due Process Relief for Immigration Detainees After Jennings v. Rodriguez
A U.S. district court has limited the ability of immigration detainees to use an important procedural tool to challenge their detention. With the ruling, detainees are restricted in their ability to brin... -
The Mueller Report and ‘National Security Investigations and Prosecutions’
When Doug Wilson and I set out to write the first edition of “National Security Investigations and Prosecutions” (NSIP), the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were still recent, George W. Bush was in his first ... -
Statement of NSC Ukraine Expert on the Zelensky Call
Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a U.S. Army officer and the top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council, will appear before the House impeachment inquiry on Tuesday. He will report that he raised ... -
The Week That Will Be
Tuesday, October 29, 2019, at 10:00 a.m.: The House Armed Services Committee's Future of Defense Task Force will hold its inaugural hearing on theories of victory. The task force will hear testimony from... -
Today's Headlines and Commentary
President Trump announced on Sunday that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, was dead following an American military operation in Syria this weekend, reports the New York Times.
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